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Git rebase vs merge vs squash: which to use, and how to undo a bad rebase

Merge keeps the story, rebase tidies it, squash flattens it. Here are plain decision rules, the one thing you must never rebase, and how the reflog gets your commits back, with AI coding agents in the mix.

Aliteq Team · Oct 16 · 9 min

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SQL window functions explained: running totals, rank and LAG in Postgres

GROUP BY collapses your rows and you lose the detail. A window function keeps every row and adds the total, the rank or the previous value beside it. Eight runnable PostgreSQL examples, including the tie trap that makes running totals jump.

Aliteq Team · Oct 16 · 11 min

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AI wrote it, tsc caught it: what TypeScript strict mode finds in AI code, and what it misses

We planted five typical AI slips in a TypeScript file. Strict mode flagged all five in about a second; with strict off, three slipped through. Then a form sent the age as text and the type checker saw nothing. Here is where the compiler helps and where you need a schema.

Aliteq Team · Oct 16 · 10 min

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Docker Compose Explained: Why Your App Boots Before Its Database Is Ready

One YAML file starts your app, its database and the wiring between them. It also has a famous trap, because the app can come up first. Here is the file piece by piece, what depends_on really waits for, where your data lives, and when Compose stops being enough.

Aliteq Team · Oct 12 · 9 min

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Modular monolith vs microservices: what a small team should build first

Microservices split your app into many small programs that talk over a network. That fixes some problems and creates others. Here is the plain-English decision for a small team, what a modular monolith is, and what a saga is when one action touches two databases.

Aliteq Team · Oct 8 · 9 min

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JDK 27 is out: should you upgrade, and which of the 9 JEPs matter

Java 27 shipped on 15 September 2026 with three default changes and four finished features. It is a six-month release, so the real question is whether to move from Java 25 now or wait for the next long-term one.

Aliteq Team · Oct 4 · 8 min